Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Conover Books

Japan: Asian Productivity Organization, 1995. A hint of edge wear, gently scuffed and shelf worn, overall a very crisp and clean first edition (stated), almost new and unread condition, gift quality! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Brown and tan wrapper with blue and white lettering. 237 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages! Extremely scarce! "Central to quality improvement is the concept of ownership ---- that employees feel personally involved in their work and think of it as their own. This concept played a crucial role in bringing Japanese manufacturing quality up to world-class levels. Many people, however, find it difficult to think of work as their own and of themselves as central to it. This is where the QC Storyline comes into play by providing methodologies for solving problems, for promoting QC circle activities, and for explaining the activity so others can understand it.". First Edition / First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo -… Read More

Eugene, OR: Spencer Butte Pr, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; 14.95 is written in ink in the upper of the ffep; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white pictorial wrapper with black and white lettering. 111 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "For over 150 years, the Quakers who worked with the Allegany Senecas of western New York kept this promise. While little has been previously researched or written about Tunesassa, the Quaker School, this institution played a prominent role in the childhoods of tribal members for many generations. In this account, quotes from actual correspondence and Meeting minutes are used extensively, telling the story of Tunesassa in the words of those who actually lived it. Also included… Read More

Reading, MA, U.S.A.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1968. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; missing the ffep; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Yellow cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. 400 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages! "This text combines the study of equilibrium in solution, and in heterogeneous separation and determination processes, with laboratory practice in quantitative techniques. It is designed to fill the need, early in the chemistry curriculum, for student experience in precise chemical measurements and their interpretation. The book is organized around chemical measurements and their interpretation..........

Phoenix, AZ: Indian Tribal Series, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Flatsigned by Jessie McKibben, Tribal Chairman on the second page!"This book is to commemorate the issuance of the official Quapaw medal March 15, 1975 and is limited to 15,000 copies No. 2030." Blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. 104 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! "A motorist following Route 66 as it enters Oklahoma from Kansas encounters a unique landscape. Out of the level prairie terrain rise unexpectedly huge mountains that from a distance remind one of the Ozarks or the Black Hills. Closer investigation reveals that these mountains are nothing… Read More

Camden, AR: Hurley Press, Inc., 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Flatsigned by the author on the front flyleaf! Black and white illustrated endpapers. Very rare and hard-to-find title! Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt illustration and lettering on the front board. 176 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! Extremely scarce and out-of-print SIGNED FIRST EDITION! "The remnants of the Quapaw people live today for the most part in the northeast corner of Oklahoma. Formerly, they were residents of Arkansas, living near the junction of the Arkansas River with the great Mississippi. Prior to that, it is believed they lived in… Read More

New York: Ace Books, 1942. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, spine is lightly creased as well as the rear of the wrapper, pages are toning, some light shelf wear, overall a clean used first edition! Black and white pictorial wrapper with yellow and black lettering. 223 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "The Lexington was something more than a ship in the years before the war. When she was lost hundreds of men throughot the services mourned her passing as they would a dear friend. Many of our Navy fliers, and many of our admirals and senior officers received their initial training in sea-air operations aboard her....." ---- from the Preface.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A.: Kalmia Press, 2011. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Inscribed by the author on the title page! Full-color illustrated wrapper with black lettering. 442 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and captivating pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations and photographs! "Called the "Queen of the Confederacy," the beautiful Lucy Holcombe Pickens, in 1854, memorialized in print a martyred Freemason who tried to free Cuba; she married the once-wealthy, dispossessed governor of the Confederacy; attracted Czar Alexander II who would be assassinated by those he freed; and was a friend of those who succumbed to the dying embers of the Civil War. She was "Queen of the Lost." A small-town editor takes on the challenge of finding out what this woman and her world were like and how Lucy's spirit lingered over… Read More

London: Corgi Books, 1988. A very crisp and clean first edition, almost new and unread condition, gift quality! Extremely rare and hard-to-find! 237 very clean, unmarked and uncreased, suspense-filled and mystery-riddled pages! Very very scarce! "When a hot-headed actor is brutally murdered in a tavern brawl, Nicholas Bracewell, the resourceful book holder of Lord Westfield's Men, has two major problems. First, he has to find an immediate replacement acceptable to the irascible Lawrence Firethorn, the company's great leading actor. Second, he has to keep his promise to the dying man and bring his murderer to justice...". First Edition / First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1964. Minor edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, no dj, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, some shelf wear, spine is discolored as well as some of the outer edges, "property of U.S. Navy is stamped on the outer page edges, some light outer page edge soil, overall a nice used first American edition (stated)! 432 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. "On the last Thursday in September, and the fourteenth day out of Ireland, the wind dropped to a flat calm, forcing the galley called La Sauvee to approach Dieppe under oar. The best ships, the reliable crews and the senior captains had just brought the Scottish Queen Dowage to France. La Sauvee, built in 1520, was only fetching some Irish guests to the French Court, a common errand enough...." ---- from Chapter 1 (Silent in the Boat).. First American Edition. Red Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Read More

Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.A.: Crossway Books, 1993. Hint of edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, spine is very lightly creased, overall a very crisp and clean, collectible, signed first edition! 187 very fine, unmarked and uncreased pages! Signed by the author: "ROY MAYNARD" on the half-title page!. Signed by Author(s). First Edition / First Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mexico: Editorial Trillas, 1995. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used first edition! Text is in Spanish. Color illustrated wrapper with white lettering. 429 informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color illustrations and photographs! "Quimica razonada es un libro de texto para estudiantes de nivel medio superior, elaborado con base en un eficaz tratamiento didactico que motiva al alumno en todo momento para razonar y comprender, y no tanto memorizar los hechos. Ademas, se aplica un moderno enfoque visual para la ensenanza de la materia, donde las ilustraciones forman parte integral del contenido.". First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.